desperation

Example Sentences

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The highs, the lows, the dramatics, the desperation, it was all there when nothing was there, it was the feeling that even with everything gone, you still belonged to something.

From Los Angeles Times

And somewhere between common sense and desperation, they settled on a formula: bowl a little fuller.

From BBC

In desperation, and perhaps losing his mind, the seemingly mild-mannered Man-soo becomes obsessed with nailing the application process for a comparable job.

From The Wall Street Journal

Although he comes across as lethally ineffective—desperation is not the way to please an audience—the movie positions his act as a hit.

From The Wall Street Journal

The pair singing along to Prine and DeMent’s “In Spite of Ourselves,” with its wincingly funny lovers trading jabs and devotions, is one moment of levity and self-awareness breaking through the desperation.

From Los Angeles Times